Cong leader Manish Tewari condemns hurling of show at Badal

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 11 2017 | 11:02 PM IST
Former union minister and Congress National Spokesperson, Manish Tewari today condemned the hurling of shoe at Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.
In a tweet and a statement later, Tewari said, this was a highly condemnable act.
"No matter what the provocation might be, hurling a shoe at someone is only condemnable," he said adding, there cannot be any justification for such incidents.
The Congress leader maintained that while his party is strongly opposed to the Akali-BJP government for destroying and devastating Punjab beyond redemption, it will always like to defeat them (the SAD-BJP) in the battle of ballot than violence.
A shoe was today hurled at Badal by a relative of a radical Sikh leader during an election campaign at Ratta Khera village in Lambi in Muktsar district.
40-year-old Gurbachan Singh allegedly hurled the shoe towards Badal, which first hit security personnel and then touched 89-year-old Badal's turban.
A few days ago, a group of people threw stones at the cavalcade of deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal at Kandhwala Hazir Khan village in his constituency, Jalalabad in Fazilka district, leaving four Akali supporters injured.

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First Published: Jan 11 2017 | 11:02 PM IST